Ringhaus



(No Model.)

G. W. NIEDRINGHAUS & O. GEISS.

HINGE.

No. 449,628. Patented Mar. 31,1891.

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GEORGE W. NIEDRINGHAUS AND CHRISTIAN GEISS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI,ASSIGNORS TO THE ST. LOUIS STAMPING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

HINGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 449,628, dated March31, 1891.

Application filed December 20, 1890- Serial No, 375,289. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, GEORGE W. NIED- RINGHAUS and CHRISTIAN GEIss,residents of St. Louis, Missouri, have jointly made a new and usefulImprovement in Hinges, of which the'following is a full, clear, andexact description.

The improvement relates more especially, but not exclusively, to hingesused in attaching the lids of cofiee-pots, tea-pots, and other vesselsof sheet-metal ware; and it consists in the special mode of constructingand connecting the hinge with the body or handle of the vessel,substantially as is hereinafter described and claimed, aided by theannexed drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1is a view inside elevation showing detached from each other the parts ofthe improved hinge; Fig. 2, a view in perspective of the hinge partsassembled; Fig. 3, a side elevation, partly in section, of a vesselhaving the improved hinge, only that portion of the vessel which isneeded for an understanding of the improvement being exhibited; Fig. 4,a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 a top view of that partof the construction in theimmediate vicinity of the hinge.

The same letters of reference denote the same parts.

Thevessel A is of any of the usual descriptions of sheet-metal vessels,saving as it may be modified or supplemented by the improvement underconsideration.

B represents the vessel-body; O, the handle. and D the lid. Each and allof these parts may be varied in construction so long as they are adaptedto receive the hinge, which is represented at E.

The hinge is composed of three parts, substantially-a piece 6 of sheetmetal and two pieces 6' e of wire. The sheet-metal piece 6 is folded toform the leaves 6 c and at the line of folding e it is opened to receivethe ends 6 e of the wires 6 6', respectively. The wires are bent,substantially as shown, to form the ends 6 e the middle portions 6 c andthe ends c c. The portions 6 e are substantially parallel with the ends6 e, and

. the ends 6 c project at right angles, or thereabout, from the portionse c and at the extremity e thereof are enlarged to form shouldersthereon.

The handle 0, which is conveniently made of sheet metal, with its sideportions 0- c folded underneath the main portion 0, and so as to makethe sides a c somewhat thickerthan the central portion 0 of the handle,is perforated at c to receive the ends 6 e of the Wires e ethat is, thewires having their ends 6 e inserted in the enlargement e of the foldedpart c are secured to the handle by passing the ends a 6 through theperforation 0 so that said ends shall project through and beyond theperforation, and then locking the same in the perforation by applyingsolder F to and around said projecting ends, so as to become interlockedtherewith and to spread around the perforation at the under side of thehandle, and thus form a head upon the combined ends 6 e to fasten themin the handle, substantially as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The recess inthe inner side of the handle, due to the sides being thicker than thecentral portion of the handle, as described, affords room for thedescribed head upon the ends 6 e, and the sides 0 0 respectively supportsaid head at the sides thereof. The other part namely, the piece eof thehinge is connected with the lid by inserting the lid-flange d betweenthe leaves (2 e and soldering the parts together or otherwise unitingthem, substantially as shown.

The two wire parts 6 e might be in the form of a single. part, as shownin Fig. 4, which exhibits this modification of the construction, and anyequivalent means may be substituted for the solder F in forming the headupon the .ends 6 e I claim- The combination of the handle, lid, hinge,and solder, said handle being recessed and perforated, as described, andsaid hinge having the folded part e and wires c e shaped to form theends 6 e", the middle portions 6 c and the shouldered ends 6 e,substantially as described.

Witness our hands this 12th dayof De cemher, 1890.

GEORGE WV. NIEDRINGHAUS. CHRISTIAN GEISS.

WVi tnesses:

C. D. MOODY, A. Bout/11mg.

